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Vietnamese Styled Boiled Crawfish and Other Seafood
Posted on 12/15/17 at 1:06 pm
Posted on 12/15/17 at 1:06 pm
I'm not sure how I feel about this
Boil Seafood House
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Posted on 12/15/17 at 1:12 pm to notiger1997
I feel pretty damn good about it. I've been wanting to try some.
On another note does anybody know what is going on with the seafood boiling operation that was going to open at one of the pavilions on the lakefront?
On another note does anybody know what is going on with the seafood boiling operation that was going to open at one of the pavilions on the lakefront?
Posted on 12/15/17 at 1:15 pm to notiger1997
Is this the crawfish they drown in some sort of cornstarch slurry?
Posted on 12/15/17 at 1:19 pm to upgrayedd
That's not what I got from reading the article.
Posted on 12/15/17 at 1:27 pm to notiger1997
Not a fan. The spices are not right for crawfish. While not all Viet spots do it this way, the ones here in Atlanta like to boil the crawfish with bland seasoning and then toss the crawfish to order in your desired seasoning mix which turns out like sticky sweet-n-sour sauce on the exterior shell. just nasty.
Posted on 12/15/17 at 1:41 pm to cj35
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boil the crawfish with bland seasoning and then toss the crawfish to order in your desired seasoning mix
That's how they do it in Little Saigon in Orange County too. I eat em pretty regularly. I do see how someone in Louisiana would consider it blasphemous.
Eta I don't recall ever seeing a sweet and sour version. It's usually just stuff like hot sauce, butter, garlic, and lemon
This post was edited on 12/15/17 at 1:55 pm
Posted on 12/15/17 at 2:29 pm to notiger1997
I've had it a place here. It's different, but good.
the one way to skin a cat people on this board won't like it, but oh well. At least it's not the ice chest shake.
the one way to skin a cat people on this board won't like it, but oh well. At least it's not the ice chest shake.
Posted on 12/15/17 at 2:32 pm to notiger1997
Ive been to one in Houston and its damn good.. They cook the crawfish the same with added elements in the boil like ginger and lemongrass.. They then toss it with some type of spicy garlic sauce and serve it in bowls.. Its damn good and spicy as shite
Posted on 12/15/17 at 3:11 pm to notiger1997
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Boil shops there tossed lemongrass and other aromatics typical of Vietnamese cooking into a pot of crawfish.
I bet even just the lemongrass would be a really nice addition to most normal boil recipes.
Posted on 12/15/17 at 4:02 pm to TH03
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the one way to skin a cat people on this board won't like it, but oh well. At least it's not the ice chest shake.
Posted on 12/15/17 at 4:26 pm to notiger1997
Sounds good to me.
Garlic-butter crawfish? I'm in.
Garlic-butter crawfish? I'm in.
Posted on 12/15/17 at 4:58 pm to little billy
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boil the crawfish with bland seasoning and then toss the crawfish to order in your desired seasoning mix
That's how they do it in Little Saigon in Orange County too. I eat em pretty regularly. I do see how someone in Louisiana would consider it blasphemous.
Eta I don't recall ever seeing a sweet and sour version. It's usually just stuff like hot sauce, butter, garlic, and lemon
The issue is that the tail meat has no flavor and neither do the juices in the head. All of the seasoning is on the outside shell. Again the seasonings are in a thick sweet-n-sour type sticky sauce coating the shell. So regardless of the flavor, you either have to lick the shells or your fingers. Sucking the head is miserable and that is where the best flavor normally is.
Posted on 12/15/17 at 5:27 pm to notiger1997
Now that I think of it, there's a place in Gretna called Big EZ Seafood that serves crawfish kinda like this. They call it "California-style" crawfish 
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This post was edited on 12/15/17 at 5:40 pm
Posted on 12/17/17 at 2:53 am to notiger1997
i'm in
Posted on 12/17/17 at 11:30 am to notiger1997
Short film on Louisiana/Houston/Vietnam connections and Vietnamese style crawfish
I've never tried it but would like to.
I've never tried it but would like to.
Posted on 12/17/17 at 9:08 pm to notiger1997
LA Crawfish in Houston has some super legit garlic crawfish
Posted on 12/17/17 at 9:13 pm to the paradigm
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They call it "California-style" crawfish
Heavily influenced by Asia.
There’s a place in Plano that’s pretty damn tasty. Not bland at all.
Posted on 12/17/17 at 9:16 pm to notiger1997
Tried them at Cajun Kitchen in Houston and they were delicious. There was nothing bland or sticky about them. These were boiled spicy and I would describe the sauce they toss them in as more of a “broth”. Lots of flavor and heat. Garlic, Ginger, Lemon Grass, scallion maybe some citrus for sweetness. We got a mixed bowl with crawfish shrimp and snow crab legs. All of it was great.
Posted on 12/17/17 at 10:04 pm to notiger1997
I live in California and that’s the only kind of crawfish you can get here. To be honest the restaurants are actually not bad if you like seafood, but the crawfish are expensive and not nearly as good as the shrimp or sausage. You order by the pound and they put everything in a bag and mix it up in your choice of 3 sauces. They also have hush puppies and fried seafood, gumbo, etc.
I wouldn’t eat it in Louisiana but it’s not awful. Just make sure to never order the frozen crawfish. I did that once off-season and they were really bad.
I wouldn’t eat it in Louisiana but it’s not awful. Just make sure to never order the frozen crawfish. I did that once off-season and they were really bad.
Posted on 12/17/17 at 10:18 pm to TH03
im sure they taste ok but those look gross
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